Shaft-brace.



W. L. DAUGHTRY.

SHAFT BRACE.

APPLICATION IILED MAY 19, 1911.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Inventor Attorneys WILLIE I1- IDAUGI'ITRY, 0F MULBERRY, FLORIDA.

SHAFT-BEACH F0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE L. DAUGI-ITRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mulberry, in the county of Polk and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and useful Shaft-Brace, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to braces for use in connection with shafts orthills, the object of the invention being to provide a light but durablebrace which can be readily applied to ordinary types of thills and whichholds the thills fixed relative to the cross bar and prevents distortionthereof.

Another object is to provide a device of this type which also serves asa means for securely attaching the cross bar to the thill.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the in vention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of What is elaimechwithout departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a plan view of the brace, portions of athill and cross bar being shown. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thebrace, a thill being shown in section and a portion of the cross barbeing shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a webadapted to be fitted against the inner face of a thill C and into theangle formed by the thill and the cross bar 1). Another web 2 isextended from the web 1 and is integral therewith, this web 2 beingmounted on the front face of the cross bar D and extending up to thethill C. A diagonally disposed brace strip 3 connects the outer endportions of the two webs and is formed integral with them. Web 1 hasupper and lower parallel flanges 1 extending laterally therefrom andadapt- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1911.

Patented Sept. 16,1913.

Serial No. 628,2 1. 1.

ed to receive the thill C between them. These flanges extend rearwardlybeyond the web 1 and also a short distance forwardly therefrom, therearwardly projecting portions 5 of the flanges being curved so as toconform with the curvature of the thill G. Upper and lower flanges 6extend rearwardly from the web 2 and are formed integral with theflanges 5, these flanges 6 being adapted to bear upon the upper andlower faces of the cross bar D and being extended beyond the free end ofthe web 2. The flanges 4t and their extensions 5, as well as the flanges(i are formed with openings 7 for the reception of rivets or otherfastening means whereby the device is securely fastened to the thill andcross bar and serves not only to hold them together but to preventmovement of either of them relative to the other.

While the device has been shown applied to shafts, it is to beunderstood that it can also be employed as a brace in connection withpoles.

lVhat is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a brace for shafts,said brace including angularly disposed integral webs, a diagonal braceintegral with and connecting the free end portions of the web, flangesintegral with and extending longitudiinilly along the upper and loweredge portions of one of the webs, rearwardly extending flanges upon theupper and lower flanges of the other web and integral with the lirstnamed flanges, and rearwardly projecting extensions integral with thefirst named flanges, said extensions and the upper and lower flangesbeing spaced apart to slide onto a thill, and said rearwardly extendingflanges being spaced apart to slide onto a cross bar, said flanges andextensions having fastener receiving openings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

lVIiiLIE L. DAUGHTRY. l/Vitncsses Cnas. Gonna, W. J. Tnownnn Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

